The " Small Faces" never toured the the states. This record is from 1968. I didn't discover them until college about 10 years later. Of course they went on to become the "Faces", the greatest band of all time! More on the "Faces" later.

This song seems an obvious choice for today. What do you think these cockney lads are up to?

Yes! I had to come to know and love the Small Faces after the fact also. I mean "Itchycoo Park" was all over the radio back in the day, and being somewhat overplayed it had the effect to steer me away at the time. Now, of course, I love the song, and have purposely gone more than once "to feed the ducks with a bun" in homage to their greatness. Lazy Sunday Afternoon was commercial at its inception, and Marriott came to loathe it, especially since the kernel of going with a heavier sound had already been planted.
Check out "The BBC Sessions" on YT, for some smokin' hot earlier Small Faces tunes. Among them is "You Need Love," so famously borrowed from Muddy & Willie Dixon, but even more famously stolen (even the vocal phrasing!) by Led Zepplin. Check out the groove on "Jump Back."
If it isn't apparent enough by now...love me some Steve Marriott!

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Jeff Allen

Vertical asked me to join his blog as a guest expert on "Nuggets" era music... Psychedelic, Garage and Fuzz. Are there others more qualified? You bet, but they weren't asked. He's also letting me write about anything I want… We'll see.